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  • research quantum — the standard by which the contribution to a university of individual academics is measured and on the basis of which universities receive government funding and academics are promoted
  • research student — a student studying for a doctoral award, that is, a PhD or an MPhil
  • reverse a charge — If you reverse a charge on a credit card, you put the amount you have charged back into the credit card account.
  • rich tea biscuit — any of various semisweet biscuits
  • ring the changes — to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone: to change one's name; to change one's opinion; to change the course of history.
  • saddle stitching — to sew, bind, or decorate with a saddle stitch.
  • safety mechanism — a psychological or physiological response in an individual that protects the individual from harm
  • saint catharines — a city in SE Ontario, in SE Canada.
  • schaumburg-lippe — a former state in NW Germany.
  • scheduled castes — (in India) the official name given to the lower castes that are now protected by the government and offered special concessions.
  • schiff's reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
  • schmaltz herring — herring caught just before spawning, when it has much fat
  • school-age child — a child who is old enough to go to school
  • schoolteacherish — showing characteristics thought to be typical of a schoolteacher, as strictness and primness.
  • schouten islands — a group of islands belonging to Papua New Guinea, in the Pacific Oceans, off the N coast of New Guinea.
  • sclerenchymatous — supporting or protective tissue composed of thickened, dry, and hardened cells.
  • scotch blackface — one of a Scottish breed of mountain sheep having a black face and growing long, coarse wool.
  • scratch hardness — resistance of a material, as a stone or metal, to scratching by one of several other materials, the known hardnesses of which are assembled into a standard scale, as the Mohs' scale of minerals.
  • scratch together — to assemble with difficulty
  • scrovegni chapel — Arena Chapel.
  • secondary growth — an increase in the thickness of the shoots and roots of a vascular plant as a result of the formation of new cells in the cambium.
  • secondary phloem — phloem derived from the cambium during secondary growth.
  • secondary school — a high school or a school of corresponding grade, ranking between a primary school and a college or university.
  • secondhand smoke — smoke from a cigarette, cigar, or pipe that is involuntarily inhaled, especially by nonsmokers.
  • secular humanism — any set of beliefs that promotes human values without specific allusion to religious doctrines.
  • seleucia trachea — an ancient city in SE Asia Minor, on the River Calycadnus (modern Goksu Nehri): captured by the Turks in the 13th century; site of present-day Silifke (Turkey)
  • self-enhancement — to raise to a higher degree; intensify; magnify: The candlelight enhanced her beauty.
  • shag pile carpet — a large piece of thick material with a nap of long rough strands that you put on a floor
  • shakedown cruise — extortion, as by blackmail or threats of violence.
  • share repurchase — A share repurchase is a situation in which a company buys back its own shares.
  • shared resources — the sharing of peripherals among several terminals
  • sheepskin jacket — a short jacket made of the skin of a sheep with the wool still attached to it
  • shipping channel — a navigational pathway that a ship uses to travel from one place to another
  • shirring elastic — elastic used for shirring
  • shoestring catch — a catch of a ball on the fly, made close to the ground while running.
  • shopping channel — television station used to sell goods
  • show cause order — a court order issued to a party in a lawsuit, directing that party to appear to give reasons why a certain action should not be put into effect by the court.
  • showcase project — a project designed to attract attention and show off the abilities of the people involved in it
  • showy crab apple — a large Japanese bush or tree, Malus floribunda, of the rose family, having red fruit and rose-colored flowers that fade to white.
  • silky flycatcher — any of several passerine birds of the family Ptilogonatidae, of the southwestern U.S. to Panama, related to the waxwings.
  • simonyi, charles — Charles Simonyi
  • situation ethics — a view of ethics that deprecates general moral principles while emphasizing the source of moral judgments in the distinctive characters of specific situations.
  • slap in the face — smack on the cheek
  • slap on the back — to congratulate
  • smack in the eye — a snub or setback
  • social gathering — party, get-together
  • sonata da chiesa — an instrumental musical form, common in the Baroque period, that usually consists of four movements alternating between slow and fast.
  • sounding machine — any of various machines for taking and recording soundings.
  • south charleston — a city in W West Virginia.
  • spanish chestnut — Castanea sativa
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